CSW Greg Meyer of Coastal Photography has generously donated 8 wonderful canvas photographs to Headstart. Thank you Greg - these are amazing! They will certainly brighten our offices and feature in the new office building.
“So much talent and skill has gone into these, so many different compositions and they are wonderful,” says CEO Sue McHattie. “The Susan Gilmore Beach one I especially love! The place is one of Newcastle’s best kept secrets.”
“The mind is a incredible thing, and at Headstart I have become so aware of its functions with the clients that I have assisted over the past years.”
“Photography is the only means where I switch off from all the stresses of life, and it offers me a form of great relaxation.”
“It was only twenty years ago when you would take photos and wonder what they would look like until the roll of film was developed, and I enjoyed getting a coffee and waiting in anticipation to get the prints in your hand to see what you had captured. How times have changed! Now you can see straight away what the photo looks like on the back of the camera and delete it on the spot if it is no good. You can download the images straight onto your computer, edit them and put them into a album on your computer. That’s todays technology.
Memory is bought to equation when looking at photos, as it was in the past, and when viewing them your mind remembers the occasion ,in most cases it creates joyful thoughts of the past. In 1991 I drove from the top of Africa to the bottom passing through twenty six different countries and it was the most incredible experience of my life. The camera I used was a small film hand held outfit that was designed just to take basic photos. During the adventure I went through thirty six rolls of film and every time I look at the images it brings back fantastic memories , from the Moroccan markets, Sahara desert, the gorillas in the jungle and Congo river. The list goes on and on.
Now days its beautiful sunrises at Bar or Nobbys beaches and surfing, abstract and sports pictures. In saying that it gets back to the point I referred to and that is your memory and mind being used to create a form of art.
To me taking photos is a form of medicine that has a profound positive affect on you as a person, and an appreciation of life and the wonders its has to offer by simply looking for something that appeals to you and taking a photo.”
- Greg Meyer, CSW (Coastal Photography)
